Moody collection of near-future stories about life -- sometimes very everyday, sometimes more fantastical -- after the apocalypse. _Which_ apocalypse, precisely, varies from story to story. I found the first story ("The Naturalist") the strongest; the rest didn't entirely grab me, and the presentation was unfortunately marred by poor editing leaving scattered typos throughout the book.

Holding off on a full review until I've finished the whole trilogy, but we're off to a good start. Near-future dystopian post-Apocalyptic adventures in gunplay and quantum physics.

As with book one, reserving a final review until the end of the series. This continues to be really good, though.

Really, really impressive trilogy. Great blend of action-adventure-y type stuff (gunplay, explosions, narrow escapes) and high-concept SF (quantum mechanics, scientists doing science-y stuff, singularities, AIs), all in a near-future, post apocalyptic London.

Funny, frightening, and increasingly depressing apocalyptic novel about what happens when a cure for aging is loosed upon the world. Immortality is definitely more of a curse than a blessing!

I'm not as into zombies as many people are these days, but this book made life in a zombie apocalypse terrifyingly and believably real. Moving right on to the next book in the series...

A nice quick read detailing the creation and outbreak of the Kellis-Amberlee virus...y'know, the one that turns you into a zombie when you die? Yeah, that one. Nice prequel to the Newsflesh trilogy.

The worst thing about this book is that the final book in the trilogy doesn't come out for a few months. Really enjoying this take on the zombie mythology -- there's enough of a real(istic) science base to keep these solidly grounded in a believable real world, while still allowing for a lot of fun with the basic premise.

My copy of this book had no external indication of any story other than "I am Legend," so it was a pleasant surprise to realize that it was a collection including some of Matheson's short works. Though the style of "Legend" is dated, the story still holds up in most respects, and is far better than the recent Will Smith film adaptation, which completely butchers the end of the story. The accompanying short works are generally worth reading, though Matheson's style does seem to work better as individual pieces than over the course of a compilation like this one. Still, there are some definite gems included, "The Funeral" and "Buried Talents" two of my favorites.

This kind of three-star rating is very different from a more modern book's three-star rating. This is a 1960s adaptation of a story that was originally a comic strip…so we're not exactly talking award-caliber story crafting here. However, it is what it is, and if this is the kind of silliness you're looking for, it's a great little diversion.